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Diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia: evaluation of four serologic biomarkers
Esteves, F.; Calé, S. S.; Badura, Robert; de Boer, M.G.; Maltez, F.; Calderón, E. J.; van der Reijden, T. J.; Márquez-Martín, E.; Antunes, FranciscoThe diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) relies on microscopic visualization of Pneumocystis jirovecii organisms or DNA detection in pulmonary specimens. This study aimed to assess the usefulness of (1-3)-β-d-glucan (BG), Krebs von den Lungen-6 antigen (KL-6), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) as serologic biomarkers in the diagnosis of PCP. Serum levels of BG, KL-6, LDH and SAM w...
Date: 2015
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa